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ERIC Number: EJ1097372
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
Pages: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-2231-3338
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Second/Foreign Language Lexical Competence: Its Dimensions and Ways of Measuring It
Choudhury, Anindya Syam
Journal on English Language Teaching, v5 n3 p34-42 Jul-Sep 2015
Although it is a core component of a language user's overall linguistic competence, vocabulary has traditionally not received the kind of attention it deserved, being usually lumped with other kinds of competence till 1980s and 1990s when researchers started focusing on it with great interest. The present paper discusses what the notion of lexical competence entails, and also attempts to look at how vocabulary researchers have conceptualized its dimensions, especially the breadth and depth of vocabulary knowledge. The paper also discusses the different ways in which these dimensions of lexical competence can possibly be measured, drawing data from an ongoing cross-sectional study on lexical competence in Assam University.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: India
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